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The occupational stress inventory-revised: Confirmatory factor analysis of the original inter-correlation data set and model (with Mark Bahr and Daisure Fujiwara), Personality and individual differences (2009)
Stress levels are said to be rising in many different occupations but one problem for...
 

Family history of breast cancer, health beliefs and knowledge in the practice of breast self-examination (with Jennifer Stephan), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2008)
The present study investigated the relationship between frequency of breast self-examination (BSE), family history of...
 

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My next client: Understanding the Big Five and positive personality dispositions of those seeking psychosocial support interventions. (with Karen D. Klockner), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2008)

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine whether individuals who sought out psychosocial...

 

Item formats and social desirability in personality assessment: A review of the place of forced-choice items, Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2008)
Impression management is an issue in recruitment and selection and in other areas in the...
 

Low emotional intelligence and maladaptive perfectionism (with Mark Jackson), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2008)
Emotional intelligence (EI) and maladaptive perfectionism have direct links to the development of psychopathology, but...
 

Perfectionism, occupational stress and depression among Australian university students (with Margaret Christopoulos), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2008)
The present study examined the role perfectionism plays in University students by investigating its relationship...
 

The Big Five in predicting leadership styles of university students (with Justine L. Ebenreuter), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2008)
The purpose of this study was to examine the degree to which the Five-Factor model...
 

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Can work preferences (personality based) differentiate between employees scoring high or low in general mental health? (with Genevieve V. Colling), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2007)

Objectives – The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between personal work...

 

Do smoking cues make you want to smoke? And is it your parents’ fault? (with S. Thorpe), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2007)
 

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Confirmatory factor analysis of the Occupational Stress Inventory-Revised among Australian teachers (with Daisure Fujiwara and Mark Bahr), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2006)
Assessing teacher stress has been a difficult and complex process, especially when comparisons across different...
 

Adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism in a sample of 34 unemployed people: potential implications for further study, and for policy and equity (with Belinda Seib), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2006)
No current research exists on the impact of the attitudes of perfectionism on the unemployed,...
 

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Identifying patients with asthma whose beliefs and attitudes may place them at risk: the development and initial validation of the Asthma Navigator, Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2001)
Asthma prevalence appears to be increasing in Australia and elsewhere and any methods that can...
 

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The psychological impacts of long-term unemployment, sex differences and activity: a case study analysis (with Juanita Muller, Brian Delahaye, and Sharon Winocur), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (1996)
There is renewed interest in the use of qualitative methods in the unemployment research arena...
 

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Personality characteristics of human services students and the selection of adult applicants for professional training (with Glen Guy), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (1995)

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In 1990, the School of Social Science at the Queensland University of Technology introduced an...

 

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Measurement approaches in assessing critical thinking for professional practice and management (with Gregory Southey), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (1995)

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There has been a growing emphasis placed on competencies and their assessment in the management...

 

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Developing teamwork skills inside and outside the classroom (with Andrew Leicester), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (1995)
In many professional and managerial areas interpersonal and teamwork skilIs are essential competencies which help...
 

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Gender differnces in the psychological effects of personal development training in the long-term unemployed, Humanities & Social Sciences papers (1994)

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Increased psychological well-being has been found for long-term unemployed women and unemployed female sole parents...